5 pioneering paths for software development's new frontier

2013-05-13T00:00:00Z

Modern software development requires a nimble approach -- which means mixing methodologies and hiring cross-functional coders, for a start. Find out how forward-thinking developers are beating out the old-guard in emerging app markets.

Open source Java projects: Akka

2013-05-08T00:00:00Z

Get started with Akka, a JVM-based toolkit and runtime that implements the actor model message-passing paradigm. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Steven Haines presents a simple program that showcases the Akka message passing system, then develops a more complex program using concurrent processes to compute prime numbers.

Big movies, big data: Netflix embraces NoSQL in the cloud

2013-05-02T00:00:00Z

With billions of reads and writes daily, Netflix relies on NoSQL database Cassandra to replace a legacy Oracle deployment.

Java tip: Orthogonality by example

2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

Orthogonality is a concept often used to describe modular and maintainable software, but it's also a design principle found (and broken) in some of our most popular Java utilities. With this short article you'll wrap your head around orthogonality once and for all -- by seeing how it is implemented, and violated, in Log4j. Workarounds are also discussed.

A first look at Gavin King's Ceylon

2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

Gavin King brought us Hibernate and Seam. Now he wants us to drink the Kool-Aid -- or rather the Ceylon tea -- once more.

Why developers are turning to API services

2013-04-23T00:00:00Z

As outside services are increasingly integrated into enterprise and consumer applciations the demand for API management tools is also growing, especially for cloud and mobile apps.

When to use applets instead of HTML forms: Three easy techniques

2013-04-22T00:00:00Z

Web developers are plagued by the inconsistent browser rendering of HTML and JavaScript, yet most continue to use HTML forms to build GUI front-ends. In this article Dr. Mark O. Pendergast considers the alternatives: three cases where Java applets are a viable, useful, and relatively secure alternative to HTML forms.

Code for America: Think global, code local

2013-04-18T00:00:00Z

Code for America is recruiting developers to apply simple Internet technologies to everyday municipal interactions. Could open source code and culture be key to solving public problems?

Review: Four killer cloud IDEs

2013-04-17T00:00:00Z

Find out how browser-based JSFiddle, Icenium, Cloud9, and Codenvy stretch, scale, and compare from client-side JavaScript and HTML5 to server-side Java and Web stacks.

Java 101: The next generation: It's time for a change

2013-04-08T00:00:00Z

Find out how the Java Date and Time API addresses the need for a more robust date and time infrastructure in Java SE, then familiarize yourself with the java.time classes you're most likely to use, in this inaugural installment of "Java 101: The next generation."

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